anna deavere smith joins us now. you were part of this. tell us why is this important to you? >> it's very important to me. because i think that the three things that mayors against illegal guns are calling for seem to be doable. one is to fight for background checks. the other is to get automatic weapons off the streets. the third is to make gun trafficking illegal. and i think -- or at least a federal crime. i think that what we have had in front of us in the last seven months is a tragedy that all kinds of citizens are speaking out about. i was invited to come to washington to be a part of it, i'm proud to be here and proud to be doing that. >> it's an eclectic group. chris rock who joined you, and there are critics that say look, look at lethal weapon 4, a lot of people in hollywood make their money off of promoting in some ways and glorifying gun violence. that's not a responsible portrayal of gun use or even calling for gun control. what do you make of that? those who say, you know what, maybe there is hypocrisy in here to have folks from hollywood coming in talking abou